From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air, comes the captivating story of Edward Oscar Heinrich, one of America’s greatest, and first, forensic scientists. He earned the “sherlock” moniker with his uncanny knack for finding clues, establishing evidence, and deducing answers with a skill that seemed almost supernatural. Based on years of research and thousands of never-before-published primary source materials, it captures the life of the man who pioneered the science our legal system now relies upon.